Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-18

- bsen tired. proves has specifically
Gsctz8l where Il - not needed, and
Utterly fails Whsrs if h needed That
> the story Of all Nee Eaglaod, Of
AfehiRau, Of Georgia, Of Kansas and
l0Sa. In The Vermont legislatare. IS
rs Last SESSION, Senator ValertIne,
Igtal abstfusnoe maa, for years Pro
fntRedaoed 9 license bill.
and the senate oommIttse made 9 IMAM
lmo1s report IN its favor. From . copy /
II this report ne quote % follows:
We md thai eur prossst pFOhibttory |
lag has been in f0rcs for period OF
sb0ut thirty fear ysars; thai it has con /
stantly been chsn@sds FecsssinR |
strengthening additions and enlarge
@eut Of application, With constantly
tRereasinR penaltiss for - fnfkaotloa.
anil human Ingenuity has been almost
exhausted in the effort 10 make its gro
Visions shectoal 10 accomplish the fscs
Of actual prohibition Every feature
of pfohIbitOFy lay asked By the most
EsalOus advocates Of pr0kibitoFy leRis-
satiOn has been exeensed with lavish
generosity to sscaFe its endorsement,
0ot n0tvIthsta1dlne al this the faef
remains tb4t With all efforts and law
expsDdsd upon The subject, Sue bedy Of
our pFOhibitofy Liquidation Il 10 pTsssical
effect bat lJcai option Law, enfoEced
- pro5ibitory Law where poslis senti.
ment will scmit Of its being done, and
resait nR ID free sales Of intoxicating
iiqaofs whsFe p0blis sentiment does NOS
Croeure rs endorsement; and With tbs
painful truth comes another equally 80,
which u thai public sentimest sum
oient for the endorsements Of the Law
exists 10 bat few Of our towns and VII
laaes, and tbatin nearly ali Of them the
sale Of lIqBor 10 practically free and I'M
restricted. fuis experience - not con
tnea to ouF state. From Maine's most
earnest Temperance advocate comes the
despaIrlng cry that prohibitory Lag h q
failure; and from all states of long e.
perieace in Temperance legislation
where the semblancs Of prohibition nov
remaina, comes similar testimony; aud
many have ahAndoned prohabition
uhish dses not prohibit, and adopted
stnnRent laws e restrain and regulate
that which experiences shows cannOt be
completely destroyed. This view 10
shared BY all classes. Business men,
employers OF labor, temperance advo-
Gates, and workers Of anquestionable
integrity Of purpose; the religious IS
we'll as the secular press Of the land;
men high in official position in the
government Of 0ur state and Batisn;
mea Of great experiences in the manner
Of the enforcement Of our prohibit0Ty
law, like the iadges Of our courts and the
oldest and visest Of our prAtioing law
yeFs; and even distinguished members
VI the clergy often giving free expires
sion 20 the thought,
Mr.. Tinkham, q prominent represen-
tative, made. in the lO0er house, mi
uority report, in which be said;
Il Appeared In evidence before the
committee that &c oRe town OF abeut
100 inhabitants there we're eight places
holding United States licenses TO sell
liquor; that while ths states attorney Of
Orleans county resided az Barton, it
vas practically free Fun at Newport,
and nov that he lives at Newport, any
one could get all the run he wanted as
Barton, and that the states attorney at
Newport had no doubt that liquor was
nov sold In Newport. though he did not
know It., and that temperance men
vould net sign warrants. 1t also ap-
peared from tee same witnesses that
there we're open bars Ia Troy, ST. Adams
and Burlineton, and that It was pFacti-
oaIly impossible 20 convict Of q second
odsnse, and that perjury was often
committed by witnesses in liquor cases
and jnFYmen disTegarded their oaths.
1t also appeared that there are some
go United States Licenses issued ia ths
state, about 30 bars licensed in Mont
pelier, over 40 IN Bennington, With an
equal or greater number IN Burlington,
and that IN almost every large town in
the State liquor could be pfocaFei by
those Who desire it, and that drunken
people on the streets is no rare sight.
In view Of these things, aud the testi-
mony Of the official reporter of the So
preme Court that trials for second of
lenses we're rare, that be recalled but
one conviction, and not one instance
where the punishment followed coLvic
tion, Is very strong confirmation of she
entire truth Of the Governors assertion
of violation aud disregard of the Law.
These are the facts set forth 10 the tes-
timOny OF witnesses before the commit
tee, as existing in the State where for
more than thirty years q most stringent
prohibit0ry Law has stosd upon our
statute books. and a law nov leaving
little or nothing more TO be added % its
penalties except capital panishmsRt.
IL IL also pat in testimony before the
committee of both houses, by the ablest
aud most upright observers OF social
life IN this small agricultural State, that
prohibition fails 20 do what our OOrval-
AS corresponds nj expects il will do. Il
does not reduce the member Of "a
Icons; II only substitutes for
the ordinary saloon q Multitude Of
secret, low places into which entioe-
able yoang men were the more easily
drawn, because screened from superb
cial observation. and because the aver
ace eBtiossbse yoaag man is stimulated
rather Than restrained BY the knovIedee
that the sails OF liquor " illioit and for
hidden. The experience OF rural New
EnRlsad under prohibition has been
that the people have sunk on the sub
iees Of temperance into q eommani'y of
susaks and smeRElers, whose morality
IL at very Low ebb. and vfolatisu Of
the laW Is aoplAudsd and encouraged
sBtksr than condemned. Neal Dow
oonfssses that the iue and the private
battle system have become universal in
Maine. Among the officers Of the great
high licease meeting IN New York city
Iast week were Rev. DR.. II. Crosby, Rev
De. Morgan DIX, Rev. Or. Henry q.
GAttfEia1t AhtN- III H. . mCAftIQfs New.
D.. Virgin, Rev. DIR. Donold, Rev. DR..
Buryee. Rev. Henry M0utett, Rev.
Charles l.. Brace. Rev. DR.. David b.
Coe, Rev, DR.. Da Costa, Rev. DR.. Hant.
inston. President Barnard % Columbia
CalleRe. HerAce White Of the New York
Es~Aiag Post ex Judge NoAA DAVIS.
Ex-Governor Chamberlain. and q tarRe
representation Of att the leaders Of the
business world OF New Yort; the abIest
oleEgymes, judges, lawyers, paysiciaDs,
statesmen aEd rhilaAlhropisss Of all
sorts. The president OF this erxat
meetine-sx Ckief Jastice Noah Davis
"A life. long total Aossinenos man aud
tenpsrsnes aRttAtoF, in bis opening
address confessed thst prohibiti0u
ghsFe Il Was usedsd meant free ran.
r v Dr. Howard Crosby, aEnong Other
things, said
my opposition 20 prohibitiss " not
oniy thAs which is p1t forward by JadRs
DSvis-lhatit y iupFaoiiesble bat /
60 bsckof thst and ash: Why " " not
prAosicahls and Why should prohibition
rot be indorscd ~ those Who are op
posed % the liquor lrsfisg hnd IL sI
un-AuGFican. whyi We prohibit
cFsu~, eat ba@tR-es that - dangerous
ws restrict and restrain. O2e Of the
H~ss4 q 81 Of A. -.